Love it or hate it, with close to 11 Million monthly players, Dota 2 is the 2nd most popular MOBA in the world. Last year, Valve introduced the Compendium(TI4 Wiki) for the 4th International, the world championship series for the popular game. With a starting prize pool of $1.6 Million the Compendium offered a way…

Please see the final paragraph of this article for updated information on the Kickstarter.Long ago and far away in the mid-80’s, a classic Role Playing Game came out that introduced the idea of The Bard, a singer of spells who would make your party stronger with his songs. These were turn-based dungeon crawls that had…

This week saw a ridiculous number of new games hit the Steam Store. The stand-out, in my opinion, is Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R (yes, the title is a bit absurd, but the game itself is glorious). If you're a fan of arcade games or fighting games (or arcade fighting games), I would…

UPDATE: A new statement has been released by Cliffhanger, outlining some details and plans for the future. Head over to the Steam Forum via this link to read it.Cliffhanger Productions (Shadowrun Chronicles) are having financial issues that lead them to file for bankruptcy. Even though we only just covered this, there have been a couple…

With the release of one of the most controversial games this year, I’m going to send you off into the weekend, you know, so you can play it and shoot things. In the end, you have to see for yourself if it’s really as bad as everyone led you to believe when it was first…

UPDATE: Cliffhanger confirmed on Steam that the servers will stay up and that a new update for the game is on track. 2nd UPDATE: According to Cliffhanger employee “loquee”, the fate of the company is not yet decided. UPDATE the 3rd: Couple of new developments you can find in our follow-up story Cliffhanger Productions, developer…

This week sees the launch of Nintendo's first online multiplayer third-person shooter. And it's kid-friendly, no less! Color me intrigued (pardon the pun). Although, from what I hear, the game isn't compatible with the Pro Controller. Which seems a bit ridiculous, if you ask me. Also this week, Mega May comes to a close with…

This week I sit down for a quick interview with David Pittman, co-founder and one half of Minor Key games to discuss his new release, NEON STRUCT. Previously, he released the well received Eldritch, a Lovecraftian rouge-lite. His twin brother and partner Kyle, is responsible for the excellent platformers: You Have to Win the Game and…

The Amazon owned video streaming service Twitch is updating their policies to forbid content featuring AO rated games. Forbes believes that it's not a coincidence, and that the change in stance is due to Hatred's June 1st release date. Twitch has already taken steps to prevent nudity and suggestive visuals on personal streams, and it…